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 It is in the center area, inside the country, 160 km in the south of the
Capital Tunis  and  67  km  in  the south-west of  Sousse. Population
estimated in 1991 surrounding 85 000 Inhabitants.

  Kairouan  is  the spiritual  capital of  Tunisia,  it is
the 4th Holy City of Islam aprés Mècque, Médine
and  el Qods (with jerusalem)., founded  into 671
by the emir Okba  ibn Nafaa, since  Kairouan
became the capital of Ifriqiyya then that of the
dynasty of Aghlabides in IXe century.
  Forsaken  under the dynasty  fatimide, the city
found its  role of  capital with  the  caliphate Al-
Mansour , in the Xth century. Destroyed into 1057.

 Kairouan was raised again in XVIIe century by Husseïnites.
Then in 1881, and as all Tunisia the city was occupied by the French and released in 1959,
to become a city of the Tunisian republic.

- The Great Mosque of Kairouan ' Jemaa OQBA '
- The Mosque du barbier
- The Mosque Of The Three Gates
- The Basin of The Aghlabites
- The Médina (The Old City)

Artisanal Work in Kairouan is a very popular profession,
even an art inherited wire father.Kairoun is known by
it's  traditional  tapestry of the high  quality, and by its
traditional cakes (Makrouds..)

- Regional Office Of Tourism :  Place Basin of Aghlabites 3100 Kairouan (Phone : (+216-77) 231 897)